Birgitt Williams and Ward Williams created the Genuine Contact program and approach in the late 1990s. Since then, one or more components of Genuine Contact has been taught to thousands of people around the world, with more than 100 authorized trainers now conducting this work in the world. The people who have participated in this training make up the Genuine Contact Community and can self-select to become Co-Owners of the program. The Genuine Contact program and approach are underpinned by the Genuine Contact Way.
I have found that in living and working the Genuine Contact way, people experience times and situations of discomfort. In my observations, the discomfort seems to be related to truth. Discomfort #1: There is a challenge to be truthful with oneself about oneself to the extent possible. I say, to the extent possible because being able to be truthful with … Read More
It might be useful to you as a leader to grow your capacity for handling paradox. We all face paradoxical situations, people, or things with some frequency. Groups and organizations of people similarly experience paradox yet the topic of developing the capacity to handle paradox is seldom a topic of either conversation or in leadership development programs. If you pause right … Read More
Blog posts in the spring of this year had a focus on fear and the disservice we do to leaders and leadership when we want and promote the ‘fearless leader’. Fear is real in all of us as part of the human species, maybe even more so sometimes in the leader as the leader must, by necessity of leadership, lead … Read More
